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Drug bust yields hundreds of plants

 

POLICE raids across multiple Canberra suburbs yesterday (December 15) seized 452 cannabis plants.

An investigation conducted by officers from the Belconnen Police Station saw 255 plants seized from a Macgregor home and 197 plants seized from an Amaroo home.

A 34-year old man and a 35-year-old man were each charged with one count of cultivating a commercial quantity of a controlled plant for sale.

A 64-year-old man faces two charges of cultivating a commercial quantity of a controlled plant for sale.

All three are scheduled to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today.

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